Caroline Hardman
@carolinehardman.bsky.social
Still not a literary agent…
Just signed this. At the end of what has been a very long and sad and stressful day for completely other reasons, I don't have the energy to explain why it means so much, but please consider signing too. c.org/GtHhPHSWNJ
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just signed this. At the end of what has been a very long and sad and stressful day for completely other reasons, I don't have the energy to explain why it means so much, but please consider signing too. c.org/GtHhPHSWNJ
And if you solve one of them a day, starting with today, it will be just *like* having an Advent calendar. Especially if you eat a chocolate at the same time.
No Advent puzzle calendar from me this year, I'm afraid...life has got in the way a bit! But for anyone who missed it and is up for some festive puzzling, here's the full set from last year. ko-fi.com/s/50b65c1e71
Advent Puzzles 2024 - Caroline Hardman's Ko-fi Shop
A collection of puzzles which were originally released as an advent calendar,
with one puzzle appearing each day from December 1 to December 24, and a...
ko-fi.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And if you solve one of them a day, starting with today, it will be just *like* having an Advent calendar. Especially if you eat a chocolate at the same time.
No Advent puzzle calendar from me this year, I'm afraid...life has got in the way a bit! But for anyone who missed it and is up for some festive puzzling, here's the full set from last year. ko-fi.com/s/50b65c1e71
Advent Puzzles 2024 - Caroline Hardman's Ko-fi Shop
A collection of puzzles which were originally released as an advent calendar,
with one puzzle appearing each day from December 1 to December 24, and a...
ko-fi.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No Advent puzzle calendar from me this year, I'm afraid...life has got in the way a bit! But for anyone who missed it and is up for some festive puzzling, here's the full set from last year. ko-fi.com/s/50b65c1e71
The best thing about this is there are now two copies coming to the same house…
Ordered!! Still working my way through issue 1 and thoroughly enjoying it :-) (Also, all my own idea to write that)
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The best thing about this is there are now two copies coming to the same house…
Ordered!! Still working my way through issue 1 and thoroughly enjoying it :-)
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ordered!! Still working my way through issue 1 and thoroughly enjoying it :-)
@quizzydan.bsky.social Did you have to get on a boat to be where you are?
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@quizzydan.bsky.social Did you have to get on a boat to be where you are?
I am as excellent as self-promotion as always and completely forgot about this… so very lucky to have lovely @gjmale.bsky.social in my corner! Happy Halloween and enjoy the puzzle h(a)unt if you give it a go! :-)
Puzzle fans may very well enjoy this thematic puzzle hunt ko-fi.com/s/3fa91f5432 a huge amount (I certainly did!), a puzzle hunt written by the super-talented @carolinehardman.bsky.social
"The House On Creep Street" puzzle hunt - Caroline Hardman's Ko-fi Shop
The old house has been the talk of kids in your neighbourhood forever. Abandoned for years, it sits at the end of a cul-de-sac, set slightly apart fro...
ko-fi.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I am as excellent as self-promotion as always and completely forgot about this… so very lucky to have lovely @gjmale.bsky.social in my corner! Happy Halloween and enjoy the puzzle h(a)unt if you give it a go! :-)
Oh, for the love of God. You can't walk out of a building next to Greenwich park, straight onto the Thames Path. THERE IS AN ENTIRE NAVAL COLLEGE IN THE WAY! (Guess what I'm still reading?)
August 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh, for the love of God. You can't walk out of a building next to Greenwich park, straight onto the Thames Path. THERE IS AN ENTIRE NAVAL COLLEGE IN THE WAY! (Guess what I'm still reading?)
Less than 20 pages into this novel which is supposedly set in Greenwich, it is *very* apparent that it has been written by someone who has never set foot in Greenwich.
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Less than 20 pages into this novel which is supposedly set in Greenwich, it is *very* apparent that it has been written by someone who has never set foot in Greenwich.
Kaiser 2ics
Slightly diminish a band:
Hardly Used Order
Hardly Used Order
Slightly diminish a band:
Craft of Noise
Craft of Noise
August 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Kaiser 2ics
Third in our local pub quiz tonight which I’ll happily take… especially since @gjmale.bsky.social got the exact answer for the spot prize AND the tie-breaker for the spot prize and won a free drink. Best team-mate ever :-)
August 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Third in our local pub quiz tonight which I’ll happily take… especially since @gjmale.bsky.social got the exact answer for the spot prize AND the tie-breaker for the spot prize and won a free drink. Best team-mate ever :-)
I can’t promise to fall madly in love with you if you buy me a coffee (I only plan on doing that once), but if you do like puzzles and want to check out my ko-fi shop, it can be found here: ko-fi.com/carolinehard...
June 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I can’t promise to fall madly in love with you if you buy me a coffee (I only plan on doing that once), but if you do like puzzles and want to check out my ko-fi shop, it can be found here: ko-fi.com/carolinehard...
This is very good! @gjmale.bsky.social has an encyclopaedia’s worth of crossword knowledge in his head, and it really shows. Satisfying, clever and super fun.
Inspired by @carolinehardman.bsky.social 's excellent crosswords (who also gave this the once-over), I've written one myself. It's at mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2456
Cryptic crossword No 2,456 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
mycrossword.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is very good! @gjmale.bsky.social has an encyclopaedia’s worth of crossword knowledge in his head, and it really shows. Satisfying, clever and super fun.
Finally got around to updating the puzzle design section of my website! Now includes crosswords, some of the newer puzzle hunts, and an easier link for commissions. www.carolinehardman.co.uk/puzzle-design
Puzzle Design | Caroline Hardman
www.carolinehardman.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Finally got around to updating the puzzle design section of my website! Now includes crosswords, some of the newer puzzle hunts, and an easier link for commissions. www.carolinehardman.co.uk/puzzle-design
New crossword up (finally!) The bright side of having taking a bit longer with this one is that I got to play with some lovely new features on My Crossword, which had an update while I was half way through! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2449
Cryptic crossword No 2,449 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
mycrossword.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New crossword up (finally!) The bright side of having taking a bit longer with this one is that I got to play with some lovely new features on My Crossword, which had an update while I was half way through! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2449
@gjmale.bsky.social @quizzydan.bsky.social thought you two might appreciate this... :-)
May 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@gjmale.bsky.social @quizzydan.bsky.social thought you two might appreciate this... :-)
NOTE TO SELF - when playing live hide and seek on Bluesky, send weird questions like this directly to the person who is hiding, instead of accidentally posting them at large!!! Sorry to anyone I did manage to creep out...
This is a less creepy question than it sounds, honestly! Are you near a cemetery?
May 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NOTE TO SELF - when playing live hide and seek on Bluesky, send weird questions like this directly to the person who is hiding, instead of accidentally posting them at large!!! Sorry to anyone I did manage to creep out...
This is a less creepy question than it sounds, honestly! Are you near a cemetery?
May 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is a less creepy question than it sounds, honestly! Are you near a cemetery?
Cracking way to spend the afternoon!
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Cracking way to spend the afternoon!
Without wanting to spoil anything, the thing which happens to Jason Mantzoukas in the studio task tonight pretty much happened to me during Taskmaster Live... and I was equally as furious! But now wondering if it was a little nod to what was to come. If so, that's very well played :-)
May 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Without wanting to spoil anything, the thing which happens to Jason Mantzoukas in the studio task tonight pretty much happened to me during Taskmaster Live... and I was equally as furious! But now wondering if it was a little nod to what was to come. If so, that's very well played :-)
Another week, another crossword! Thanks, as always, to @gjmale.bsky.social for tweaks, improvements and having the patience of a saint while I worked on this one... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2413
Cryptic crossword No 2413
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Another week, another crossword! Thanks, as always, to @gjmale.bsky.social for tweaks, improvements and having the patience of a saint while I worked on this one... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2413
STRONG start to this series of Taskmaster!
May 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
STRONG start to this series of Taskmaster!
Aargh... I forgot to say it again!! Very kindly proof-read and improved immeasurably by the super lovely and not-at-all-biased @gjmale.bsky.social :-)
More excellence you should all definitely have a go at
New crossword up! It's always hard to gague difficulty, but this one is possibly a little more challenging than last week's. www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2398
April 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Aargh... I forgot to say it again!! Very kindly proof-read and improved immeasurably by the super lovely and not-at-all-biased @gjmale.bsky.social :-)
New crossword up! It's always hard to gague difficulty, but this one is possibly a little more challenging than last week's. www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2398
Cryptic crossword No 2398
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New crossword up! It's always hard to gague difficulty, but this one is possibly a little more challenging than last week's. www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2398
Just made my first cryptic contribution to the excellent MyCrossword platform! It's here if you'd like to have a go... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2387
Cryptic crossword No 2387
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just made my first cryptic contribution to the excellent MyCrossword platform! It's here if you'd like to have a go... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2387